Mossy wins the Interbike Cyclo Cross non Elite Vets/Womens race held at Hillyfields near Colchester Institute.
It was a cold, snowy and icy Hillyfields next to Colchester Institute in Colchester. Didn't start too well but got to the front before the first hill. Got that completely wrong, wrong line, wrong gear and dropped to about 4th or 5th. I'd made it up to 3rd by half way round the lap and then Rob Smith dropped his chain so I was second and chasing Tony Wilkins who had got a good lead. By the end of the 2nd lap I'd pretty much caught Tony and we had a hefty lead, Tony then fell at a very tricky right hander so I was left to go it alone. I just tried to be consistent for the next few laps and not do anything silly as the course was extremely icy in places. In the end I had 23 seconds over Nikki Juniper and it turns out I was about the only rider who hadn't fallen at some point in the race.
It was a shame I couldn't stay for the senior race as Jody Crawforth, the current National Champ, was using the race as a warm up for next weeks Nationals. He won by a couple of minutes! Looking at the lap times he was a minute a lap quicker than I was so I would have been lapped and then some in the senior race. Still, I won my race so I am chuffed as nuts right now!
